The 10,000 Year Explosion

If you think that the year was 4000 B. C. and that all of this happened, then you may be under the impression that we are a staid lot, but you would be wrong in thinking so. In fact, the only thing that is certain about the entire book is that nothing is certain; for instance, it’s hard to be sure whether or not there has been much biological evolution at all in humans. This fascinating book shows how genetic changes have been responsible for many of history’s truly remarkable aspects, such as the Indo-European expansion, the European conquest of the Americas, and even the rise of European Jews to intellectual prominence.